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[DragonSpeed]

It's taking quite a while.. but I figured I'd start a thread here.


Day 1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/sets/72157629564596942/
Day 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/sets/72157629929084965/
Day 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/sets/72157629968735963/

19 more days to come... Slowly.

[DragonSpeed]

This was Day 4 of our 22 day trip to Ecuador... The full set can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/sets/72157629628454948/


Virgen de Quito by DragonSpeed, on Flickr


La Plaza Grande by DragonSpeed, on Flickr


Revolutionary turned Busker? by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

[DragonSpeed]

Some Ecuadorian Hummingbirds and others...

We were up in the Cloud Forest above Mindo, staying at the Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge...  Wow!  Soo many hummingbirds.

The whole set can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/sets/72157629714398408/with/7191795684/


Blue-winged Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr


Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr


Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr


Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr


Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr


Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

[DragonSpeed]

I finished the second day of our Cloud Forest visit...
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/sets/72157629887957428/
 
A few standouts:
 
1)

Male Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr
 
2)

Female Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr
 
3)

Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena laminirostris) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr
 
4)

Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr
 
5)

Cinnamon Flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr
 
6)

Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) landing by DragonSpeed, on Flickr
 
7)

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

[fishersak]

Awesome.   You must be carrying some heavy glass for these trips.  Those action shots of the hummingbirds are particularly cool.

[DragonSpeed]

Awesome.   You must be carrying some heavy glass for these trips.  Those action shots of the hummingbirds are particularly cool.

Thanks!  The 100-400mm+camera weigh about 6-8 lbs total.  The camera backpack CAN get a little heavy

Big Lens for little birds by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

[DragonSpeed]

We spent three days in and around Cuenca, Ecuador.  The weather was "variable" and on a wet Easter Sunday double decker bus ride, we almost had our heads taken off by low hanging wires!  Fun times.

Here are some of our shots:

1. Easter Parade

Easter Parade in Cuenca by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

2) Inside of the "New Cathedral"

Catedral de la Inmaculada Conception by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

3) Iglesia San Alfons (aka the Blue Church)

Iglesia de San Alfonso by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

4) Playing musical notes on the crosswalk

Musical Crossing by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

5) That's a lotta strawberries!

Wheelbarrow FULL of strawberries! by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

6) The landmark New Cathedral domes

Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

7) Interesting Graffiti in town

Interesting graffiti in Cuenca by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

Getting caught in the middle of a Good Friday Procession near Ingapirca

A peacful mob? by DragonSpeed, on Flickr

I hope you enjoy your whirlwind visit to Cuenca via photos

If you want to see more, the entire Ecuador collection can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/sets/72157629476591628/with/7626310466/